Touring: $17.9 million
Recording: $2.2 million
Publishing: $4.5 million
Net: $24.8 million
2002 rank: N/A

The Rising, Springsteen's first studio album with the E Street Band since 1984, debuted at Number One, with impressive first-week sales of 525,000. It went on to sell just less than 2 million last year, but like many of the artists on this list, the majority of Springsteen's income comes from touring. Springsteen and the eight members of the E Street Band played to nearly 600,000 paying customers over the course of thirty-nine U.S. shows. Springsteen continues to refuse any corporate tour sponsorship: His costs are far from extravagant -- no pyrotechnics, no dancers, no set changes or rising platforms. With the band bringing in more than $1 million per night, he pocketed a total of $24.8 million.